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Old 12-05-2012, 09:09 PM   #16
DavidM
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Tad:

I somehow missed the Nimble in my trailerable trawler research. It is more like what I had in mind. I don't much like the dinette in the main cabin and the lack of a forward facing passenger seat, but those nits could be easily fixed.

But what can't be easily fixed is the weight. 7650 lbs including ballast (dry presumably) means 8,500 lbs cruising weight. An aluminum trailer will add at least 2,000 maybe 2,500 lbs. That 10,500-11,000 lbs towing weight is above even the largest SUV's towing capacity so it will take a big pickup truck to tow it.

There is no free lunch is there?

But the Nimble does look nice, even though it does seem to be strictly a round bottom, displacement cruiser. With a waterline of 29' it should have a displacement speed of 7+ kts and should easily achieve 1 gph fuel consumption at that speed.

I wonder what they cost?

David
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